People from the bush pay tribute to their dogs for the extraordinary role they play in Australian rural life.
Short Stories
- Author:VariousSummary:
- Author:Smith, BarbaraSummary:
A compelling collection of iconic ghost stories from all across Canada. Time and place are infused with ghosts and hauntings. From coast to coast to coast, Canada's provinces and territories teem with the supernatural-phantoms...
- Author:Witt, BrandonSummary:
On September 1, 2011, TJ Klune wrote, "...it's not about the ending, it's about the journey..." in a review of Eric Arvin's Woke Up in a Strange Place. With those words, two men began a journey of love and invited us to ride along. TJ...
- Author:O'GRADY, JohnSummary:
A book of short stories about fishing.
- Author:Laumer, KeithSummary:
It was a rigged gambling game, but Retief had to play it. Retief was First Secretary and Consul to the Mission to the planet Petreac under Ambassador Crodfoller. The Corps Diplomatique Terrestrienne were there to help the Nenni Caste...
- Author:NOURSE, Alan EdwardSummary:
These Five Stories were written by Alan Edward Nourse, an American science fiction (SF) author and physician. He wrote both juvenile and adult science fiction, as well as nonfiction works about medicine and science. His SF works...
- Author:Summary:
A collection of short stories with the common theme of love and romance. Suggested level: secondary.
- Author:Novakovich, JosipSummary:
Short story writer, novelist and essayist Josip Novakovich returns with his first collection of stories since being named a finalist for the prestigious 2013 Man Booker International prize. In Ex-Yu, he explores the major themes of war...
- Author:Stielstra, MeganSummary:
“Quirky, Sedaris-style musings with unexpected theatrical trimmings.” — Time Out Chicago
These days, reality can be hard to swallow. How do we get to the end of day, let alone the end of the week? Some people drink, others get...
- Author:Various AuthorsSummary:
Collection of short stories and poems for English stage 6 classes.
- Author:BARRIE, James M.Summary:
The Old Lady Shows her Medals; The New Word; Barbara's Wedding; A Well-Remembered Voice
- Author:Rushdie, SalmanSummary:
A rickshaw driver dreams of being a Bombay movie star; Indian diplomats, who as childhood friends hatched Star Trek fantasies, must boldly go into a hidden universe of conspiracy and violence; and Hamlet's jester is caught up in...
- Author:Dumbleyung Short Stories Book CommitteeSummary:
A collection of short stories covering a varying amount of topics relating to Dumbleyung, its Districts and the people.
- Author:Kruk, LaurieSummary:
Double-Voicing the Canadian Short Story is the first comparative study of eight internationally and nationally acclaimed writers of short fiction: Sandra Birdsell, Timothy Findley, Jack Hodgins, Thomas King, Alistair MacLeod, Olive...
- Author:Myre, Suzanne, Hildebrand, CassidySummary:
Death may seem a grim subject matter but, in the capable hands of Suzanne Myre, nothing is beyond humour. Though at times sincere, sorrowful, and even a tad gruesome, Death Sentences is also wry, mordant, and amusingly ironic.Death...
- Author:HANSEN, DerekSummary:
Funny, frightening, fascinating and always fishy. A highly original collection of stories with a watery theme.
- Author:Benlabed, SalahSummary:
Dans les vingt récits de ce recueil, Salah Benlabed suit la piste des humbles et des naïfs, des patients et des résignés, des sages aussi ; de ceux, en fait, qui se fondent dans la foule, ici et ailleurs, et dont on ne raconte pas les...
- Author:Guy, Georges, Bernier, FranceSummary:
Les nouvelles de Cœur atout, qui mettent en scène des petites gens de la Gaspésie et de la Côte-Nord, constituent en quelque sorte une poignée de main aux années cinquante et soixante, la plupart ayant été écrites et publiées dans des...
- Author:DE CRESCENZO, LucianoSummary:
A collection of well-written and very humorous short stories about the Italian city of Naples, and the Neopolitan lifestyle. - Per il professore don Gennaro Bellavista le banalit ̉che si dicono e si scrivono su Napoli e i suoi abitanti...
- Author:Smith, RussellSummary:
In the stories of Confidence, there are ecstasy-taking PhD students, financial traders desperate for husbands, owners of failing sex stores, violent and unremovable tenants, aggressive raccoons, seedy massage parlors, experimental...